The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties. ...
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
The CPT organises visits to places of detention, in order to assess how persons deprived of their liberty are treated. These places include prisons, juvenile detention centres, police stations, holding centres for immigration detainees, psychiatric hospitals, social care homes, etc ...
Too little change: ongoing torture in security operations in Sri Lanka Ten years on from the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Freedom from Torture has documented evidence of torture of its Tamil citizens....
To seek justice for survivors of torture; to combat impunity for governments and individuals who perpetrate torture; and to develop and promote compliance with international standards....
Human Rights Watch report on diplomatic assurances
The most comprehensive account yet assembled of the human rights abuses associated with CIA secret detention and extraordinary rendition operations....